Thomas Jefferson Sammons

!BIRTH: Thomas J Sammons, age 6, born Sep 1893 in GA per 1900 census, Glascock

Co. GA. Thomas Sammons, age 16, born in GA per 1910 census, Glascock Co. GA.

!MARRIAGE: Thomas Sammons & Esther Smith, Glascock Co. Book C, p. 152.

!DEATH: Thomas J Sammons died 6 Jun 1936 in Glascock Co.; Georgia Deaths

1919-1998, certificate 19809.

!BURIAL: Fellowship Church Cemetery; Thomas J Sammons, born 6 September 1893,

died 6 June 1936.

Obituary - AUgusta Chronicle, 8 June 1936

THOMAS SAMMONS OF GIBSON DIES; RITES TO BE HELD TODAY - Gibson, Ga., June 7 -

Funeral services for Thomas J. Sammons, 42, who died suddenly here yesterday,

will be held at the Fellowship church near her tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.

The Rev. Page will officiate and interment will be in the churchyard cemetery.

Mr. Sammons was a successful planter and had spent his entirelife in

Glascock county. He is surviced by his wife, Mrs. Esther Smith Sammons; three

daughers, Mrs. J. C. Mims, of Augusta, Mrs. C. T. Jones, of Rockingham, N.C.,

and Miss Sue Sammons of Gibson; fours sons, Tommie Sammons, Bennie Sammons,

Marvin Sammons and Bobbie Sammons, all of Gibson; two brothers, Grady Sammons

and Eugene Sammons, of Augusta; two sisters, Mrs. Kate Howard, of AUgusta and

Mrs. Pearl Thompkins of Savannah; two grandchildren and several niecesand

nephews.

SAMMONS --Died at GIbson, Ga., June 6, 1936, at the age of 42years, MR. THOMAS

J. SAMMONS, husband of Mrs. Esther Smith Sammons. FUneral services will be

conducted this (MONDAY) afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Fellowship church near

Gibsons. The Rev. Page officiating. Interment will be in thechurchyard. J.

C. Whitely in charge.

GIBSON OFFICER HELD IN SLAYING: Police Chief Albert Shepherd Charged with

Murder in T. J. Sammons' Death - AugustaChronicle, June 9, 1936

Gibson, GA., June 8--Charged with murder in the slaying Saturday night of

Thomas J. Sammons, Glascock county farmer, Chief of Police, ALbert Shpehered

was today being held in the county jail, awaiting a preliminary hearing

tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock before a local magistrate, at which time he is

expected to plead self defense.

The shooting, according to Sheriff J. L. Kitchens, took place Sturday night

about 9 o'clock on the streets ofGibson, just off the courthouse square. The

sheriff said that Shepherd told him that he shot Sammons in self defense.

Four of the five shots fired by the police officer took effect by Sammons'

body and he died instantly.

The details of the shooting were brought out at an inquest conducted Saturday

night after the shooting, when a jury ordered the police officer held,

returning a verdict "that Sammons came to his death from gunshot wounds

inflicted from the gun of Chief of Police Shepherd".

Shepherd claims, according to Sheriff Kitchens,that Sammons approached him

with a pistol after the police chief had arrested aman on the streets of

Gibson. The officer opened fire and Sammons fell mortally wounded.

Sammons was 42 years of age, and was a native of Glascock county.

Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Fellowship

church, ear here, the Rev. Page officiating, and interment followed in the

churchyard cemetery.

Sammons is survived by his wife, Mrs. Esther Smith Sammons; three daughters,

Mrs. J. C. Mims, of Augusta, Mrs. C. T. Jones, of Rockingham, N.C., and Miss

Sue Sammons of Gibson; fours ons, Tommie Sammons, Bennie Sammonsand Bobbie

Sammons, all of GIbson; two brothers, Grady Sammons and Eugene Sammons, of

Augusta; two sisters, Mrs. Kate Howard, of Augusta and Mrs. Pearl Thompkins of

Savannah; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

MARSHAL FREED IN GIBSON DEATH: Slaying of Thomas J. Sammons Held Justifiable

Homicide at Hearing - Augusta Chronicle, June 10, 1936

Gibson, Ga., June 9 -- AlbertShepherd, town marshal here, held on a murder

warrant since Saturday night for the slaying of Thomas J. Sammons, Glascock County.